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Researchers studying the Flynn effect have found that scores on IQ tests have actually increased over time.

Here's what it means to be a culturally responsive teacher and where critical race theory ties in—or not.

«While more than half of public school students are students of color, most schools are organized around the mainstream culture of white Americans. The culture that many students experience at home and in their communities is not always represented at school—or is represented in a stereotypical way.»

Question-based learning is a type of inquiry where the learner is guided by forming and refining a guiding question (or questions).

«Questions are not only a driving force behind inquiry but can be used as a powerful assessment strategy, too.»

Listen now (13 min) | A science-based framework for learning retention

«Spaced Repetition is a scientifically-proven method for enhanced retention. It’s a method in which information is consumed at increasing intervals until it's committed to long-term memory»

We can't expect students to cultivate growth mindsets if the school culture doesn't support them.

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«Cognitive overload inhibits learning. Too much information results in stress that prevents students from assimilating information effectively (Waddington, 1996).»

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Strategies like connecting new information to students’ prior knowledge guide them to store what they’re learning in long-term memory.

ChatGPT is the most advanced technology of its kind and its popularity is growing fast. Especially among students.

Alarm bells seemed to sound in teachers’ lounges across America late last year with the debut of ChatGPT — an AI chatbot that was both easy to use and capable o…

Literature departments seem to provide a haven for studying books, but they may have painted themselves into a corner.

Learning psychological flexibility is the key to coping with difficult times and to pursuing what really matters to you

Australia’s leading universities say redesign of how students are assessed is ‘critical’ in the face of a revolution in computer-generated text

Ten years ago, I finished a personal project to try to learn MIT’s computer science curriculum on my own. Strangely enough, the project was both a resounding success and an abject failure. The project…

Writer Bruce Feiler is a pro at examining life stories and looking for patterns to help us live with more meaning, purpose and joy. Here’s what he found when he applied his skills to commence…

«Dream, work, fail and smile are as good a foursome of American identity today as I know.»

An English professor takes a critical look at why today’s students are assigned the same books that were assigned decades ago – and why American school curricula are so difficult to change.

If you got your PhD from a prestigious university, the very same university thinks it's too good to hire you for a faculty job.

Nobody is prepared for how AI will transform academia.

Writing a physics engine is an extremely complex task. It requires knowledge of physics, math and programming in order to create an accurate and efficient implementation. However, if we put aside…

Discussion of how to teach active reading and questioning of scientific research. Partially fake research papers may teach a critical attitude. Various ideas for games reviewed.

The 8 Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of…

Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored

Universal Health Services collected more than $38 million in tax dollars for special education services that families and former teachers say it largely didn’t provide